Ragavendra R. Baliga

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Ragavendra R. Baliga is an American cardiologist who is Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University School of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio. He is a consulting editor of Heart Failure Clinics of North America, an indexed medical journal along with James B. Young, MD, Executive Dean, Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio. [1]

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Using pioneering positron emission tomography techniques at the MRC Cyclotron Center at Hammersmith Hospital, London along with J.S. Kooner, Stuart Rosen and Paulo Camici, he demonstrated that angina occurring after a meal is due to "intramyocardial steal", wherein blood is redistributed from ischemic areas of the myocardium to the normally supplied myocardial in order to maintain overall myocardial blood flow. This mechanistic paper was published in the journal Circulation . Another paper published in the American Journal of Cardiology investigating the role of meal components showed that the carbohydrates contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of post-prandial angina.

While at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School he worked with Thomas Woodward Smith, Chief of Cardiovascular Medicine and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Ralph A Kelly. At that time he worked as a part of a team to tease out the intracellular cell signaling pathways in response to a paracrine growth factor Neuregulin-1 in the cardiac myocyte. This research shed light on the effects of trastuzumab/Herceptin (a medication used in the treatment of breast cancer) on the heart and was published in the American Journal of Physiology and Journal of Biochemistry.

Baliga is best known for his book 250 Cases in Clinical Medicine, initially published by Balliere Tindall as 200 Cases in Clinical Medicine in June 1993, and later by W.B. Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier. He wrote this book at the age of 32. The book remains popular among medical students. His subsequent books include Self-assessment in Clinical Medicine, Saunders, although in its 3rd edition and 500 MCQs for the MRCP Part I, 1997 also by Saunders. A more recent book, Practical Cardiology, co-edited with Kim A Eagle, MD, and published by Lippincott Wilkins, is more popular.[ citation needed ]

Early career

Baliga received an MBBS, from St. John's Medical College, Bangalore in 1984 and post-doctoral degree Doctor of Medicine, from Bangalore Medical College/Bangalore University in 1988. In 1988 along with Anura Kurpad he was founding editor of St. John’s Journal of Medicine which was subsequently edited by Ashley D’Cruz and Sunitha Simon Kurpad. After a hiatus this journal has been resurrected and now rechristened St. John’s Medical Journal.

He then migrated to the UK in 1988 and worked with Hans Frankel and Christopher J Mathias at the National Spinal Injuries Center affiliated with Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Oxford Regional Health Authority and St. Mary’s Medical School, Paddington, London. The research he conducted shed light on the post-prandial cardiovascular hemodynamics in quadriplegics. Between 1990-1992 he worked at Clinical Tutor at University of Aberdeen, and Registrar with James Petrie, Peter Brunt, John Webster and Nigel Benjamin. From Scotland he moved the Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London where he worked with J.Kooner and Paolo Camici at the MRC Cyclotron Center. He was involved with research pertaining to premature coronary artery disease in those hailing from the Indian sub-continent and he also investigated post-prandial hemodynamics.

He subsequently migrated to the US to work at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital where he was tutor on the New Pathway for Harvard medical students. He also worked with Andrew Selwyn, Professor of Harvard Medical School. His subsequent experience included working with Wilson S. Colucci, Professor of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology at Boston University Medical Center and with Clyde Yancy and Mark Drazner at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Notable research papers

Books

Metaphrastic works

Statin Prescribing Guide has been translated into Polish. [2] Management of Heart Failure translated to Italian [3]

Editorials

Education

DateDegreeInstitution
2011Certification Cardiovascular Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine
2010Certification Internal Medicine American Board of Internal Medicine
2004MBAStephen M Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
1998-1999Fellowship in Cardiac Transplantation UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tx
1997-1998Advanced Fellowship in Heart Failure Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
1995-1997Clinical & Research Fellow in Cardiology Harvard Medical School/Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
1992-1995Cardiology Fellowship/Registrar Hammersmith Hospital/Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London, UK
1993FLEXNational Board of Medical Examiners and Federation Licensing Examination, US
1991MRCP (UK)Royal College of Physicians, UK
1990-1992Registrar and Clinical TutorAberdeen Royal Infirmary/University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
1989-1990Clinical and Research Fellow in Cardiovascular MedicineSt. Mary’s Medical School, Paddington, London
1988-1989SHONational Spinal Injuries Center, Stoke Mandeville, Oxford Regional Health Authority
1988PLABGMC, UK
1988Post doctoral degree in Internal Medicine, (MD) General MedicineBangalore University
1988Diplomate of National Board in General Internal MedicineNational Board of Medical Examinations, New Delhi
1985-1987Resident/PostGraduate in General Internal MedicineVictoria and Bowring Hospitals, Bangalore Medical College
1983-1984Rotating Internship/MBBS St. John's Medical College, Bangalore

Appointments and affiliations

DatesTitleOrganizationCity, State/Province
2008-to date-Professor of Internal Medicine and Vice Chair in Cardiovascular Medicine The Ohio State University Medical Center &
The Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital 		Columbus, Ohio
2005–2008Chief and Director of Cardiovascular MedicineUniversity of Hospitals EastColumbus, Ohio
2005 – presentAttending Cardiologist The Ohio State University Medical Center Columbus, Ohio
1999–2005Asst Professor of Internal Medicine and Attending Cardiologist University of Michigan Medical School HospitalAnn Arbor, MI
2000–2004Co-Director, M2 Cardiovascular Sequence University of Michigan Medical School HospitalAnn Arbor, MI
1996Clinical Tutor, New PathwayHarvard Medical SchoolBoston, MA
1990-1992Clinical Tutor, General Internal Internal Medicine University of Aberdeen Medical SchoolAberdeen, Scotland

Honors and awards

Honoris Causa

References

  1. ↑ "Heart Failure Clinics - Home".
  2. ↑ Przewodnik praktyczny jak stosować statyny Wydawnictwo: Termedia Wydawnictwa Medyczne, 2011 ISBN   978-83-62138-47-0 "Przewodnik praktyczny jak stosować statyny - Ragavendra R. Baliga - atrakcyjna cena, opis książki, recenzje i opinie - Wysylkowa.pl". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Terapia della insufficienza cardiaca, Edizione Minerva Medica ISBN   978-88-7711-655-0 http://www.minervamedica.it/en/books/medical-specialties/cardiology/scheda.php?cod=L1884
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